GAF Academy

+ Global Agribusiness Forum - GAF Academy

This document contains the GAF ACADEMY digital version, with all compiled articles. Each document was prepared after the discussions during the GAF14, held on 24 and 25 March 2014, in São Paulo, Brazil.
This document was prepared by the Curator of DATAGRO and registered in the National Library through...read more

+ Clima Afetando a Geografia da Agricultura

Some of the impacts of climate change already appear to be visible. Unfortunately, it is the urban and rural poor who are the most vulnerable to climate shocks and their subsequent impacts.
The new geography of agriculture means that all eyes are now on countries like Brazil, India and China who together...read more

In 2010, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) documented a decrease in the world deforestation over the previous ten years. The recent slowdown is good news, but the rate still is alarmingly high.
To gain some perspective, the world has approximately 4 billion hectares of...read more

The debate on the optimum size of farms is very old, dating back at least to the end of the 19th century, when most experts believed that ultimately agriculture would be like any other sectors of the economy and many authors spoke of the industrialization of agriculture. But subsequently that view was more...read more

+ Conectando e Aprimorando Interesses do Produtor e Consumidor

The agricultural sector has experienced major structural changes in the past two decades.
Small family farms are disappearing each year, and are being replaced by larger farms
that are either owned by or cater to multinational corporations. Globally, a small number
of large firms dominate the...read more

firms are able to overcome adversities is by taking a green supply chain perspective. Our green concept in this chapter goes away from what some firms have been accused of unscrupulous marketing ploys. There are sad examples of inconsequent use of green promotion to attract consumers that primarily aims to...read more

This chapter discusses how competition between firms affects the set of choices that are available to consumers. What do I mean by consumer choices? Throughout this chapter that will be a synonym for the range of different products or “variety” available for purchase. An increase in “product...read more

+ Desafios da Integração Comercial na Agricultura

The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations “commemorated” their twelfth anniversary in November 2013. Policymakers in industrialized nations seem to be both distracted (by the effects of the financial crisis) and more intrigued by preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and plurilaterals (e.g., the...read more

+ Expansão da Classe Média: Como Atender esse Desafio?

Since the end of World War II, G7 economies accounted for the majority of the global GDP, even though this period witnessed major economic events such as the end of Bretton Woods international agreements, oil price shocks and various exchange rate crises (Kharas, 2010).
Among other reasons, this remarkable...read more

Twenty-first century agriculture faces big challenges, such as feeding a global population that is expected to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2050 with a falling arable land to population ratio. Droughts and floods are increasing in frequency around the globe, and farmers have to use natural resources more...read more

+ Instrumentos Modernos de Apoio ao Produtor e Cadeia

Today, internationally traded dairy products either are bought and sold on GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) — an innovative auction-based online trading platform — or are strongly influenced by transactions that take place on it. GDT is the centralized marketplace for globally traded dairy commodities,...read more